hopes he's the reason we. we want to present. something. the u.s. prepares to sentence russian businessmen a bit to boot for conspiring to smoke alarms and kill americans as a protest innocence and vows to appeal. balance the ropes in central athens after a seventy seven year old back shoots himself in front of the greek economy then the austerity cuts decimated his french and. us defense contracts is not enough for business as india makes plans to modernize the military by corruption scandals and crumbling weaponry.

broadcasting live from moscow twenty four hours a day this is our team welcome to the program it's a judgment day for russian business but it's a boot found guilty by an american court of conspiring to sell arms to terrorists he faces life behind bars for the sentence on thursday but defense maintains his innocence and will appeal they also claim the case has been swayed by the u.s. media. situation reports now from new york. here spent by the u.s. to hunt down one russian man tens of millions of dollars of taxpayer cash poor into a sting operation snatched up from a third country alleged arms dealer victor boot was handcuffed flown to the u.s. and placed in solitary confinement for months before a trial found him guilty on all four charges one conspiring to kill united states nationals to conspiring to kill united states officers and employees. three

conspiring to use and acquire anti-aircraft missiles and for conspiring to provide material support to the fark the forty four year old russian air cargo business and fascinated hollywood wanted for twelve people. your request. that we are in the other eleven who lost his case in the court of us public opinion long before his trial kicked off raising concerns about the fairness of his trial this is the lord of war. the merchant of death right and you've got him in your hands right he's in custody it's a great feeling u.s. officials were relentless in their efforts to get behind bars so-called merchant of death is now a federal inmate american agents posing as fork members a colombian group deemed terrorist in the u.s. but not by nini other countries and the un met with and then arrested in thailand in two thousand and eight after twice being found not guilty by thai courts the

u.s. reportedly play dirty arm twisting thailand into extraditing him to america they're willing to flawed every international law to get what they want and that means doing all these illegal things in the case of the trouble to extradite him or i should say kidnapping boot family also called us actions entrapment and kidnapping i can accept the possibility that boots might have some information that might be of interest to someone but why is it that other countries don't just think to themselves if there is someone who has some interest in information and why don't those governments just drive those people onto their territory moscow's request to send him to russia for trial were brushed aside there was no official decision of an extradition russia called boots extradition illegal and question the validity of his conviction one of the mean arguments of the defense that the u.s. lacked jurisdiction was ignored by the court booted france says the russian was aware that he was not in touch with real party members this is an all he was trying

to do still has to alter cargo planes get the use of magic crimes manufactured jurisdiction and then iraqi government journalist george map has attended every hearing in the case he says is one of many victims of u.s. judicial power play if you will that victor and it's an effort to take the charges that were brought against him that he is innocent so you know i don't i don't want any innocent man. or a russian citizen recruit or troy davis to be you know sentence of life or a bit of a crime to even commit victor boot is the second. since it isn't any near to face sentencing on american territory for little crimes committed in a third nation both cases a major precedence and represents a worrying us stretch to simply override the legal systems of other countries is this a trick in our party. to groups wife told after you get suspicious i know the country or international body acted to apprehend the businessman for years upon us charges against him at the ball you were going to give the wrong when you have

a state department spokesperson describing how much money and effort they put into getting to extradited to the us it's perfectly clear that they had no intention of acquittal him also it was in two thousand and one that the us media first launched a massive campaign against victor accusing him of being a major arms dealer even though there was absolutely no evidence to substantiate those claims it was a long period of eight years from two thousand and one to two thousand and eight and had there been any proof that he was really involved in some illegal activities they are the un with russia and in support would have certainly known about it and would have done something but in reality nobody did anything nobody was really looking for viktor they all claimed they were looking for him but they did nothing he wasn't hiding he was openly livin in russia under his real name. we un is deploying an advanced team of the go to the syrian capital to pave the way to the

observer mission to the conflict torn country comes as the massacre screams it's beginning to implement a peace plan out of joint tanks and heavy weapons from residential areas and opposition activists across syria deny this. fighting in several flashpoint cities dozens of people reportedly been killed in the past twenty four hours meanwhile russia is warning foreign forces against arming the syrian rebels saying the only fuel the conflict in syria are hard to verify into a worldwide information war one reporter who resigned from arabic t.v. channel al-jazeera for its coverage of the corporate said the station has provided material support to the opposition while making sure foreign intervention goes unreported. they were helping the. government once it got out once. you know those began so. you know communication tools are promises so they were entering them smuggling them into the

into syria from the borders from lebanon as i knew it was. obvious that the. militants firing from the borders to syria clashing with the syrian army that was actually a way from the borders like three kilometers of the time we were able to spot this militants and we took some footage of those people and later on the child refuses to these pictures. what i was asked to forget about these militants i was asked to leave the whole area evacuated precisely is divided on both sides people are being misled by media on one side you know it's kind of concentrating on showing that the army is killing people on civilians on innocent people etc etc etc without showing that there are militants also fighting the army and killing also civilians from garden sides those those who support the syrian regime at the same time the. media

also was trying to show that there were only militants who are fighting the regime and they were not people who are asking for freedom and reforms and then the country. for the latest updates on the situation in syria head to our web site r.t. dot com a couple of the stories we have on life today the u.s. is facing its military muscles in asia pacific the first round of troops arriving in australia does it mean for the rivalry with china and others of the region. here after the devastating earthquake and tsunami japan is gripped by you for some pictures but of course the video on a website. called real life in prison.

well. it's technology innovation all the developments from around russia we've got this huge coverage. in greece clashes broke out between right place some protesters just hours after a pension it shot himself in front of the parliament building in central athens retired pharmacist named his seventy seven year old demetrius stomachs but after

a suicide note which excuse the government will destroy his pension with austerity cuts. to demonstrate. yes to pay their respects yes it's regrettable because the police who responded with tear gas question of suicide rates. which has been forced to impose public spending cuts to do that's about. as a sector cut a deficit benefits are going to hit financial analyst patrick yell says greece needs to take action to get out of its situation the greek government is bankrupt the greek government cannot afford to stay in the euro and pay its debts it must default ultimately that may be a terrible problem for a great many financier's and investors but at the same time i have to say any bank that bought greek debt in the course of the last ten years was stupid so making

that absolutely clear the simple fact is greece must have gotten it it probably needs to leave the euro and regionally it most deeply into its currency it is going to still have many problems but the truth of the marker is that when you do get to this sort of extreme only this sort of extreme measure is going to be possible to resolve your situation and ultimately it really beggars belief that we have a greek politician the most highly paid politicians in the whole of the european union turning round and going oh well that's very start one of our constituents killed themselves when they themselves make fifteen thousand euros per month without any difficulty whatsoever as a backbencher and b. which is enough to manage to pay for dozens of pensioners every month in new austerity greece. well informant across the eurozone has reached a record high since

a single currency was north thirteen years ago and nearly half of all spanish and greek young people now are of work but these are worrying trends are also affecting countries that have joining us recently. greece now reports thousands of a story and scrape by to support a troubled euro states. two thousand and eleven estonia welcomes a new year and a new era as part of the euro club is a moment of triumph after years of tough financial discipline for the nation which is the pockets of everyone the euro zone demanded that as a condition of membership but just over a year old and the idea has lost its fizz joining the euro has made an already painful situation even worse teachers really suffer here our monthly pay is insufficient even to survive on. as the new kid in the block a study played no part in amassing the devastating debt dragging it down but it

still being asked to contribute to the multi billion euro fire will designed to cushion the currency against the crisis like the one which gripped greece teachers or just some of those in uproar after having wage cuts force and to join the currency union there is little appetite for sending money abroad to richer countries particularly when it's the only salaries of the full world below the e.u. average even key legislators think this massive financial stake in it for the euro zone threatens it's their new sovereignty by limiting say over their own budget. urgent decisions would require only eighty five percent of the award of the country's let me remind you that the share of the stone will just be slightly over zero point two percent this means that all decisions will be taken very large countries such as germany france italy and spain and one point three billion euro estonia is being asked to have. over a piece small in the scheme of things but as

a zones poorest member it's still a heavy price on the face of it the amount guaranteed by a stone here isn't all that much to other euro club members germany for instance or if one euro coin could be equated to ten billion euros this is how their efforts would differ journey spending one hundred sixty nine billion euros making this small change to repeal health care make that according to a percentage of g.d.p. eight then it paints a very different picture for the stonier seeming to be forking out war on this basis as the only contributions than that eight point five percent of g.d.p. growth to be speaking that's higher than germany france or italy my own i think the chancellor have just as does the right thing challenging the e.s.m. treaty in the constitutional court the point is as easy and the years on a developing issues emerge regarding partial transfer of national sovereignty to

these institutions politicians and courts may be debating but the nation appears to have made up its mind opinion polls suggest most are against the bailout fund they wonder why their stumping up for the mistakes of others to greece r.t. tallinn estonia. well still ahead for you this hour in the program arms from abroad as india prepares to spend billions on new weapons progress by corruption could hamper the country's military modernization also. there are some my stakes is rebounding today after suffering a sharp losses yesterday due to the global sell off the r.t.s. is struggling with direction at this hour journey to the biggest about five minutes . the international criminal court has turned down a palestinian request to investigate alleged israeli war crimes during the deadly attack on gaza over three years ago fourteen hundred people killed almost two in

the i.c.c. prosecutor said the investigation would get the go ahead only if the u.n. security council recognizes palestine as an independent state it tried to bring this resolution last year but failed despite the support of one hundred thirty countries if the threat of a u.s. veto will jeff co-founder of the israeli committee against house demolitions says that seems really costs a shadow of the whole international justice system. the palestinians exist in a kind of a limbo because they're not a state they don't have access to all the instruments of international law or of the u.n. system but at the same time. international law that doesn't apply to the occupied territories it's intended to protect them especially the fourth geneva convention is not enforced by the international community so on the one hand they don't have the instruments protect themselves on the other hand the international community doesn't accept its responsibility to afford protection for the palestinian problem

of the palestinians is that occupation was only seen as a very temporary military situation maybe lasting long two three years until it's over this is a forty five year occupation and international law simply isn't geared towards dealing with it so the fact that the palestinians are to states i think. completely destroys their chance to use international law and and if in fact these millions of people are left without any to fans or any ability to leverage israel through international law it certainly dense the credibility of the entire system. now to some other news making headlines around the world the u.s. says five suspected are tied militants to trial for allegedly plotting the september eleventh attacks with one ton of inmates face charges including terrorism and could face the death penalty if convicted the five men are accused of planning

in executing acts which almost three thousand people. as a bomber tried to move the trial to civilian courts in two thousand and nine that decision was reversed last year after widespread opposition. turned over since i have been killed in afghanistan after gunmen attacked a compound of a government security force also it happened in the western farah province it's actors shot dead or god was posted outside before pushing into the site and. responsibility has been claimed by the taliban it wants to thwart u.s. efforts to rebuild the afghan military. history with afghanistan moscow says it may start checking nato transit cargo for drugs russia is part of the alliance is more than supply route to transport supplies to the course is not going to stop us as your piece was concern of the damage its population suffers from the rampant afghan drug industry which has failed to return out. to

progress the court interceptor missiles in preparation for north korea's rocket launch later this month the sector's list of what different locations in one place towards the rockets planned route to shoot down any parts that period to japan's space. interest decide to send a satellite into orbit which a parent in the u.s. screen from the only solution it test it so it is. a. u.n. security council is calling for an end to violence in gaza and the constitutional group two weeks after going through it can sort of raise concern that an al qaeda linked group is operating inside the west african country to main rebel groups fighting the government to end hostilities which are escalating after army officers overthrew the president last month over political parties and civil society groups have rejected legitimacy of

a military takeover. with regional rivals and a population of more than a billion to defend india is to begin a civil modernization of its military threats against the backdrop of recent scandals damaging the reputation for countries of course since there's the world's largest importer of arms looks at its options russian firms are cashing in on the action. reports. the rampant corruption and an army falling to pieces the current state of the indian military according to the country's top general himself he recently revealed he was offered a bribe of almost three billion dollars by a lobbyist to buy substandard defense a quote that he turned down the bribe but the scandal has rocked the country and caused the ministry of defense to suspend six defense firms for ten years over their lobbying tactics what happens is you have long believed. you have sometimes is that the bureaucratic lever you have in decision which is sometimes at the level

of the politicians so that incentive is huge problem but were doors are closed for some they've opened for others many foreign depends firms are now eyeing the opportunity to take a slice of india's huge difference pie india is the world's largest importer of arms it is that to spend one hundred billion dollars in the next ten years to modernize its military equipment russia is at the forefront of the battle to win some of those contracts moscow says it can provide three billion dollars worth of weapons to india every year we see that. is expanding. and india is expected to continue to do so and the first people future russia. thanks to their defense systems there is also very intense competition

for. doing submarines. due to electric submarines. and. also hopes to do so india also appears keen on the opportunity to let russia help modernize its defense systems and says a partnership with a country could be beneficial for both sides russia is one of the few countries that have joined us in joint development of military hardware one of the classic examples. of the other example is the so. we are also working together on the fifth generation. of so india's string of military scandals is providing a shake up in its military suppliers but competition to fill the void will be fierce among the russian and international firms being to bring india's armed forces up to the preassure either r t new delhi india. well

it's very in spots right of course to a prominent u.s. historian but the research of relations between moscow and washington so you can karen says the issue of european missile defense is still the biggest stumbling block. because very very. russia wants during today's you know. to the syrian regard ratification of the arms control agreement that he would take action should be fruits that means deploring all the way around russia. because for regions i would say that today if you look at the relationship objectively not from the russian point not from the american point of view you would conclude that we have to be. elements of cold war conflict and we have cooperation now maybe we can change there but things are getting worse

so i think we are still in a state of least cold war. but hard to cross to create it will be on the business this case what's the latest you have first of all. the boston market is changing actually as we speak the my segues easy to read bounding and that's after suffering stop losses yesterday due to the global sell off we saw across the board that was thought of the federal reserve's decision not in force more stimulus as you can see though the all ts and slightly lost momentum in the last few minutes or so it's negative if we look at the stocks to see who are the main gainers today after vast around our third of a percent but thought about me putin pushed the last part of the new production line of our devices in the model we've got energy stocks are those because of the crude prices they're gaining as well our financials are also benefiting this hour point six percent in positive territory if we look at the ruble we'll see how about

before. and it is still gaining against the us dollar and the euro this hour now i've just been reading about the father people are buying foreign cash and applying it at a rate not seen since two thousand and no i and that means we're talking about capital flight once again and if you look at the eighty's well it's pretty much stable actually today it's not move much at all if you look at the european markets we can see that they are partly are raising recent losses that we saw as i said we saw the global sell off and we're seeing banks and carmakers there really lifting the sentiment that we've got currencies as well on the go as they say the euro zone along thirty one fifty four about currency path we've also got more and more markets to have a look at this hour with crude prices as well and they are rebounding from a seven week and that's because those high expectations that we're going to see the

american jobs figures coming out rather strong so that will be happening in about under three hours time now as it is it got the light sweet one hundred two dollars a barrel of bread over one hundred twenty three dollars per car says strong prices . moving on last may appear sin is says that all the state officials would soon have to buy only locally produced cars and this is all to boost the car industry but the choices would have be too limited for the officials known for weaknesses for luxury many car manufactures light b.m.w. . already have plants here inside the country. and that's how the markets are looking this hour back in about fifty five minutes keep you up days in of all things business and finance carrie ok thanks for that katie more from you next hour as you say back in the headlights in just

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